Chapter 39: The Test at the Door
Luo Ling and his party stood in front of the entrance of the ruins, and in addition to them, there were forty or fifty armed dwarves, all of them were the most elite warriors in the village, half with knives and axes, and half with air guns. Leading the way were none other than the village chief and Sinclair.
After all, there are such terrifying things as evil spirits in the ruins, and no one knows what will come out after opening the gate. Kalanda, Chen Hansheng, Ji Yijun, Farrell and others are also ready to fight.
Even if Chen Hansheng awakened his fighting spirit, he was still not used to using a sword, and the weapon in his hand was still five or six and a half with a bayonet. However, this gun has been enchanted by Morey from the body to the bayonet, otherwise ordinary materials may not be able to withstand several outbursts of vindictive spirit. Now this old weapon belonging to the last century has a strange and beautiful texture, which looks like a handicraft processed by an artist.
The weapon in Ji Yijun's hand was replaced by a magic sword left by the temple warrior Gardo. This weapon, called the "Demon Gaze", inflicts various negative spells on enemies during combat. According to Morey's speculation, this is a treasure handed down from ancient times.
At this time, the four seals had been activated in turn, and a faint formation had already appeared on the stone gate. Adam's hair was still a little damp, wrapped in a fur coat, and it seemed that he had not yet recovered from the cold of the winter sun, he took out a pendant engraved with a black dragon pattern from his neck, and waved the pendant in front of the stone gate for a while, but there was no reaction, and finally he could only reluctantly hand it over to Luo Ling.
"Now I finally understand why the ancestors found a mid-level mage to come here. The emperors after the middle of the Black Dragon Empire are all golemists, and their inheritance is naturally reserved for the descendants who master magic, but ...... Those of us who have lost the favor of magic have been many years old. Neither I nor Aura had the talent to become a magician, including my generation. Therefore, even if you have a token to open the ruins, you will not be able to open the gate. Adan said in a deep voice.
"Talent is given by others, and hard work is your own. Luo Ling held the pendant in her hand and gently probed the token with her spiritual power. The black dragon pendant reacted immediately, and the dragon's eye turned golden.
Luo Ling brought the pendant close to the stone gate, and characters were revealed from the stone door of the ruins, and finally formed a few words. On closer inspection, it looks like a math problem:
Two knights race, the first took two seconds to run ten meters, and the other could catch up with him after ten seconds......
Luo Ling couldn't help but wonder, such a question is estimated to be easy to get a full score by dragging a child from the upper grades of primary school to solve it, but in this world, it has become a threshold to test the inheritance qualifications.
"What is this?" thought Orra, "why are these two knights running around, are they practicing their horsemanship, and how fast they are running, we can only know by standing on the sidelines, how can we know?"
"No, it's a difficult test of arithmetic, and it's usually only a well-educated person who can answer such a question. We don't write about this in our texts. I knew that I should go to a big city to tie up a scholar and come back. Adan said.
"What are you kidding, are you serious? Five meters and six meters. Ji Yijun said.
"You're not a warrior?" said Adan in surprise.
"He's right, I'll be counting this since I got into elementary school. Farrell frowned, as if remembering something that upset him, and muttered, "Damn the problem!"
Seeing the surprised eyes of the village chief and Sinclair, he patted the village chief on the shoulder proudly, "Brother, seriously, you should go and learn, after you have these mathematical skills, your ability as a craftsman will naturally be much better." ”
Luo Ling didn't care about the chatter behind her, she found that the light would be useless, if she didn't have the ability of a middle-level mage to think about things, she wouldn't be able to answer these questions with her spiritual power. But this naturally didn't make it difficult for Luo Ling, sweeping the question, it only took a few seconds of effort, and she used her mental power to engrave the answer on the horizontal line behind the question. Then the second question immediately appeared:
Read five pages a day for the first three days and eight pages a day for the next three days......
Ji Yijun couldn't help but laugh out loud when he saw this: "Teacher Luo, why do you feel that you, a university teacher, are participating in a mathematics competition for primary school students?"
Luo Ling quickly answered the questions, and had time to talk to Ji Yijun. "Whether it's mathematics, or any other science, it's all progressing with productivity, and you underestimate these topics because you're coming from a much more advanced era. But when you're in this day and age, and you're educated here, are you sure you can come up with this? At least I admire this questioner. ”
"Haha, I think maybe there is a primary school workbook that came one step ahead of us, and someone picked it up and regarded it as a divine book. Ji Yijun said with a smile.
Adan and Ola watched from the side, and the waves in their hearts were even greater. They didn't know how to answer these questions one after another, like a book from heaven, but they were as simple as breathing for Luo Ling.
After answering ten questions, the formation instantly burst into dazzling light, and then, with a rumbling sound, the stone door opened on both sides, revealing a stone staircase that entered the ruins.
Luo Ling returned the black dragon pendant to Adan and made a gesture of please.
Adan bowed slightly, and his attitude was a little more respectful than before.
The tunnel behind the door is three meters square, naturally revealing a distant and vicissitudes of life. It's very different from the imagined dark crypt. The stone path in front of him was carved with illuminated magic circles, and the moment the stone door was opened, these magic circles were activated one by one from the outside to the inside, as if awakened by the sun. The sunlight from outside and the magical glow from the stone walls illuminated the interior of the ruins.
Luo Ling could see the dust wafting out in the light, bringing an antique taste. It's just that I don't know where the sun didn't find, whether it's a crisis or a treasure that is hidden.
The crowd waited outside the door for a long time, but there was no sound in the door.
Seeing that Luo Ling and his party did not mean to enter first, Adan said, "Your Excellency Luo Ling, let my knights open the way." ”
With a sword and shield in hand, the knight of Matthew cautiously walked towards the ruins. Knight Nate held his twin knives and covered his flanks. The two of them slowly descended, out of everyone's field of vision, and it didn't take long for two exclamations and roars to be heard, followed by the sound of metal clashing.
"Matthew, how's it going?" Adam shouted outside.
"Attack! It's too dangerous here...... Ahh
"Matthew!" Nate shouted, followed by a scream of his own.